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By John Wojcik
President Donald Trump warned the nation’s governors this weekend that they had better “get their act together” and make arrangements for the testing and just about everything else their people need because he is determined, come hell or high water, to re-open the economy on May 1. Implied also in his warning is that they should not expect any real additional help from the federal government.
Driven by a combination of pressure from his Wall Street corporate backers, his ego, and what he calls his “gut instincts,” the president is risking the health and lives of the American people with a threat that he is about to make “the most important decision of my life.”
The president, who did not decide to close down a single thing and instead chose to shove that decision down onto state and local authorities, now says he has the power to “re-open the country with a big bang.” The nation’s governors and top health officials are signaling already, however, that their thinking is not in sync with the “gut instincts” of the president.
Governors in state after state this weekend said the health of the people of their states was their number one priority. They were the ones who made the decisions to close down non-essential workplaces and enforce social distancing, and...
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